The artillery bombardment of the British and French forces soon began, but for the frozen soil that was at least three feet thick, whether it was solid or flowering, it seemed a little more than enough and not enough.

Most of the field guns of the British and French forces were direct-fire guns, and although they could hit the frozen low wall with relative accuracy, the two salvos of more than 130 guns did not achieve any success.

One hundred and thirty artillery pieces were too rare for a low wall dozens of miles long, and there were no casualties, which also allowed Shi Dakai's men and horses to adapt to the shelling in a very short time, and as far as Yang Meng could see, there were no deserters for the time being.

But Yang Meng knew that this was only temporary, in an hour, the British and French forces would be able to move the ship's long-barreled mortar cannon to the current front line, with the mortar cannon, the defense of the frozen soil low wall would be greatly weakened, grape seed or flowering bomb, undoubtedly the best offensive weapon.

Almost noon, the firing of one hundred and ten ships with large-caliber mortar guns began, and after a roar, deserters began to appear on Shi Dakai's front line, which was inevitable for new recruits, and Yang Meng also wanted to see how Shi Dakai would deal with these deserters.

Although Shi Dakai's ability to lead troops has undergone a lot of experience in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but in the Yang family, this is only his first battle, if he wants to lead the troops, reputation is secondary, and his ability is the most important.

But Yang Meng's idea was immediately extinguished by the artillery fire of the British and French forces, and the position close to the low wall was safe, and after getting out of the defensive range of the low wall, it was almost a death zone, and the grape seeds scattered in the sky became Shi Dakai's firing squad. One hundred and ten who fled. There was basically no chance of running to the second line of defense. And he fell on the way to escape.

After more than a dozen rounds of shelling, Shi Dakai's side didn't know how to stabilize the men and horses, and there was no more deserter in the long defensive line, and a group of recruits honestly stayed under the low wall, and the British and French troops on the coast also took advantage of the gap between the Qing army to avoid artillery fire and launched the first round of charge.

More than a dozen phalanxes, about four or five thousand British troops, trotted all the way to the low wall defended by Shi Dakai, and it only took a minute or two to run at full speed at a distance of 200 meters. It only took four or five minutes to trot all the way, and when Shi Dakai's men and horses found that the British army was approaching, both sides had already entered each other's firing range.

The distance of 70 meters is just right for the Zhilu militia behind the low wall, but for the British army, this distance is obviously a little far, and the target of the Zhilu militia is the British army that is embarrassed. And the British army wanted to aim at the head of the Zhilu militia.

In the face of the heavy firepower of the British army, the counterattack of the Zhilu militia appeared to be a little sparse. But the number of kills and injuries is about the same as each other, Shi Dakai's Zhilu militia suffered from only one line of defense, and could not form a continuous barrage of killing, while the advantage of the British army was a relatively concentrated and uninterrupted barrage.

The stalemate suddenly appeared, and the Zhilu militia, which had a low wall as protection, did not take advantage, and the British army, which was exposed to the range of the Qing army, relied on their own dense barrage and did not suffer a loss.

The stalemate is not good for the British army's phalanx, but the resilience of the British recruits is surprisingly high, regardless of the casualties, their firing frequency has not decreased significantly, only twenty minutes into the battle, the British side began to retreat, Yang Meng took a general look, the damage of the British army phalanx reached at least thirty percent, such damage, should be enough to make the phalanx collapse, but the British recruits persevered, which is undoubtedly a sign of extreme resilience for the British army without a combat team.

Without giving Shi Da any respite, after the British army in redwood and white pants withdrew, the French army in red pants and blue shirts began to attack again, unlike the British army, the French army put up a skirmish line, with the help of the British army's cover, the French army rushed to a distance of fifty meters from the low wall, this distance is a more dangerous distance, fifty meters, if the new army after long-term training defends this low wall, it can basically reach a ninety percent hit rate.

Of course, this is just talking about target shooting, if it is a battle, it depends on the elite Cheng dù of the other party and the elite Cheng dù of the French army, which made Yang Meng's brows jump. Lying on the low wall, the blue-robed Zhilu militia can clearly see them fall one by one without binoculars, although the casualties of the French army are not small, but the shooting accuracy of the Zhilu militia is much lower than that of the French army.

After seven or eight rounds of gunfire, the weakness of Shi Dakai's defense line was exposed, almost a straight line of low walls, without depth and detours, in order to prevent artillery, the three-foot thick earthen wall, but now it has become the best cover for the French army, the Zhilu militia will be shot down on the earthen wall, and in less than twenty minutes, Shi Dakai's linear defense is close to collapse.

Fortunately, Shi Dakai in order to keep warm in the field, laid a layer of straw under the low wall, these became Shi Dakai's weapons to protect the defense line, bundles of burning straw were thrown out, quite elite French army, even under the smoke and burning, helplessly chose to retreat, Shi Dakai's defense line, also failed to form an effective defense when the French army was defeated, after this trial, Yang Meng knew that Shi Dakai's front line could not hold.

And the elite Cheng dù of the French army is also staggering, these French troops are either long-term training, or veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and the difference between the British and French native armies is also staggering! It seems that in addition to a strong navy, England has an army that is not a good thing.

"Third master, more than 2,000 people died on Shi Dakai's side, the British army died fifteen or six hundred, and the French army died seven or eight hundred!"

After listening to Yu Biao's battle report, Yang Meng also knew that the power of the cooperation between elite soldiers and stragglers, and the elimination of the gun array, is also reasonable! However, this phalanx, in some cases, is still somewhat useful.

After the French army retreated, Shi Dakai's side also made adjustments, most of the Zhilu militia was withdrawn to the second line of defense, and now this line of defense is still only frozen on the surface, if the British and French forces attack with artillery fire, Shi Dakai will have to lose the Beitang funnel today.

"I don't know if Shi Dakai intends to do this, or if the ability is so big, if it is intentionally so, this Shi Dakai is amazing!"

Yang Meng did not forget the purpose of Shi Dakai's army, they were the corps to lure the enemy, looking at the watch, Shi Dakai's troops had done their best. If Shi Dakai could even hide the past from himself. Then he will have great ability!

"Third master. I think that this Shi Dakai is intentionally like this, the battle report summary on the front line of Bali Bridge, Shi Dakai has seen it, the concept of the deep position, he is clear, make such a thing in Beitang, I am afraid that he did it intentionally!

As for the combat power of the Zhilu militia. It should be true, Shi Dakai is not only testing the British and French coalition forces, but also testing the combat power of the Zhilu militia, the combination of truth and falsehood is the most deceptive, Shi Dakai uses soldiers to deceive, worthy of the name! ”

As soon as Yu Biao explained this, Yang Meng also understood, it seemed that he had just paid too much attention to the situation on the battlefield and forgot to analyze Shi Dakai's psychology, which was a mistake. It seems that this battlefield has lost some of its appeal.

"Hmmm! Yes, Yu Biao, you also have to follow Shi Da to start school more. After all, he ......

Let the Kham Elite Ride and prepare the horses! Shi Dakai's defense line can't be defended! ”

There are some things that Yang Meng doesn't need to say more, Yu Biao is also clear, and if Shi Dakai is not his own person, Yang Meng will also say it during this time, and then he still has to treat Shi Dakai as his own person, after all, he still has the ability.

The French army tested the weakness of the Qing army's defense line, and the coalition army did not hesitate, under the cover of artillery fire, just before the low wall, there was a roundabout battle, although there were many loopholes in the coordination of artillery fire and infantry, but Shi Dakai's men and horses were also novices on the battlefield, and in the artillery fire, they only thought about self-preservation, and they couldn't catch these weaknesses of killing and injuring the British and French forces.

As for the command of the landing operation, the commanders of the British and French forces reacted extremely keenly, the French army charged, the British army moved the barrel, and Shi Dakai's hands and feet outside the low wall were solved by a wooden barrel, and the height difference was basically of little effect when the defense line could not counterattack.

One by one, the French army climbed over the earthen wall, followed by the British army, the Yilu brothers and Baga, who designed hand-to-hand tactics for the poor hand-to-hand combat ability of the Qing army, but brought a disaster to the more than 10,000 British and French troops who rushed through the low wall!

The power of the big blade was perfectly explained by the more than 10,000 Zhilu militia groups defending the low wall.

The Anglo-French troops standing on the low wall were cut off their legs and feet, and the Anglo-French troops who jumped down did not have time to turn around, and they were stabbed in the neck, although the length of the large blade was not as good as the rifle with a bayonet, but the large blade was flexible, and the no-back eight-knife was easy to learn.

A low wall has also become a cover for traps, and after the legs and feet of the British and French troops on the wall have been cut off, how can they still tell the battle situation behind the wall? The one-and-a-half-meter low wall, coupled with the height difference between Shi Dakai, just blocked the sight of the British and French troops, and more than 10,000 British and French troops rushed into the trap of the big blade one after another.

After almost an hour of hand-to-hand combat, Shi Dakai's first line of defense was abandoned, and the militia returned alive with only more than 7,000 people, and in most of the day, more than 8,000 people were lost, and more than 10,000 casualties were also exchanged for more than 10,000 casualties of the British and French forces.

The men and horses of the Zhilu militia are also chicken thieves, and when they came back, everyone carried three or four guns, although they lost the defensive line, but whether it was the harvest or the number of enemies killed, Shi Dakai's first battle was considered a victory.

When the support of the British and French troops climbed the low wall, many people jumped back at the first time, the scene was too terrifying, except for the stump and the broken body, it was a large area of steaming plasma, hell!

The terrible losses did not frighten the commanders of the Anglo-French forces, and after opening a few large holes in the low wall, close to evening, the Anglo-French forces launched an attack on Shi Dakai's second line of defense again, this time Shi Dakai did not respond to the battle, but chose to run away, leaving only the commanders of the Anglo-French forces full of resentment and anger.

More than 15,000 people were lost in just one landing operation, and such losses were difficult for the commanders of the coalition forces to explain to the government.

The Qing army had already been defeated, and between advancing and not advancing, there was a conflict within the Anglo-French army, and the British and French commanders decided to rest on the spot and consolidate the land defense line at the same time, but the commander of Tsarist Russia thought that it was time to attack overnight.

The chief officer of Tsarist Russia, and the chief officer of Britain and France are a little unequal, if the commander-in-chief of the Tsarist Russian mercenaries this time, Mikhail is here, maybe his words are still somewhat convincing, a colonel-level Tsarist Russian officer, in the eyes of the commanders of Britain and France, is a small foot, and Britain and France will not be cheap Tsarist Russian mercenaries, take the money and have to sell their lives, nothing more than have tested the strength of the Qing army, the next war, who is not on the top, if it can capture the Qing country's Beijing division, 15,000 dead and wounded, the British and French governments and people, It should still be acceptable.

"Shi Xianggong, how do you feel?"

In Shi Dakai's camp, looking at Shi Dakai with a deep face, Yang Meng also asked how he felt.

"The third brother's men and horses are fierce, and the British and French troops are even more elite and sophisticated, fighting hard!"

"Hmmm! The name of the French Army's First Army in Europe is not in vain, but this is just a beginning, and the real hard battle, I am afraid that it will have to wait for a month! ”

"Alas...... It's a pity that I can't bring back the bones of those brothers who died in battle! ”

"The living can't take care of it, let's talk about the dead later! Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, dumplings cannot be wrapped in the barracks, I asked Jinkou to send a thousand cows, horses, donkeys and mules, eat a good meal, it can be regarded as the New Year!

Your next task is to lure the main force of the British and French forces to the vicinity of Zhangjiawan.

In the next few days, the British and French forces may not attack, find a way to retreat in advance!

I'm back in Beijing, if there is anything urgent, send a telegram! (To be continued......)